''Pradosia'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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described as a genus in 1872.Liais, Emmanuel. 1872. Climats Geologies, Faune et Geographie Botanique du Bresil 614Tropicos, ''Pradosia'' Liais
/ref> Most of the species of ''Pradosia'' are native to

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and

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, but a few occur in

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and in tropical

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/ref> ;Species # †'' Pradosia argentea'' (Kunth) T.D.Penn. –

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# '' Pradosia atroviolacea'' Ducke – Costa Rica to

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# '' Pradosia beardii'' (Monach.) T.D.Penn. – Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana # '' Pradosia brevipes'' (Pierre) T.D.Penn. – Brazil, Paraguay # '' Pradosia caracasana'' (Pittier) T.D.Penn – Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia # '' Pradosia cochlearia'' (Lecomte) T.D.Penn. – French Guiana, N Brazil # '' Pradosia colombiana'' (Standl.) T.D.Penn. ex T.J.Ayers & Boufford – Venezuela, Colombia # ''

Pradosia cuatrecasasii ''Pradosia cuatrecasasii'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Colombia. References

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'' (Aubrév.) T.D.Penn. – Colombia # '' Pradosia decipiens'' Ducke – Amazonas # †'' Pradosia glaziovii'' (Pierre) T.D.Penn. –

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# '' Pradosia granulosa'' Pires & T.D.Penn. –

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# '' Pradosia grisebachii'' (Pierre) T.D.Penn. – Trinidad, Venezuela # '' Pradosia huberi'' (Ducke) Ducke – French Guiana, Pará # '' Pradosia kuhlmannii'' Toledo – Rio de Janeiro # ''

Pradosia lactescens ''Pradosia lactescens'' is a species of large tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to the Atlantic forests of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in bot ...

'' (Vell.) Radlk. – Brazil # '' Pradosia lahoziana'' Terra-Araujo – Amazonas # '' Pradosia longipedicellata'' Alves-Araújo & M.Alves –

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# '' Pradosia montana'' T.D.Penn. – Ecuador # †'' Pradosia mutisii'' Cronquist – Colombia, Ecuador # '' Pradosia ptychandra'' (Eyma) T.D.Penn. – Suriname, French Guiana # '' Pradosia schomburgkiana'' (A.DC.) Cronquist – Northern South America # '' Pradosia spinosa'' Ewango & Breteler – Cameroon,

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# '' Pradosia subverticillata'' Ducke – Amazonas, Pará # '' Pradosia surinamensis'' (Eyma) T.D.Penn. – Venezuela, Guianas, Northern Brazil # '' Pradosia verrucosa'' Ducke –

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# '' Pradosia verticillata'' Ducke – Amazonas, French Guiana

References

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